John F. O'Brien

John F. O'Brien (* around 1857 in Fort Edward , New York , † April 23, 1927 in Plattsburgh , New York) was an American businessman and politician ( Republican Party ). He was Secretary of State of New York from 1903 to 1907 .

Career

John F. O'Brien, son of James O'Brien, was born in Washington County, New York , around 1857 . His childhood was overshadowed by the civil war. O'Brien attended public schools and the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute. He then taught for a year. Then he worked as an entrepreneur. In 1888 he received after his brother Edward a wholesale commission for Mehr in Plattsburgh (New York). In 1897 he founded the O'Brien & Kellogg Dock and Coal Company with his partner George C. Kellogg . In the following period, they gained control of the port facilities and the waterfront in Plattsburg. You ran the largest flour, coal, feed, and grain wholesaler in northern New York.

O'Brien served in the New York State Assembly for Clinton County in 1901 and 1902 . He was elected Secretary of State of New York in 1902 and re-elected in 1904. He suffered a defeat in his re-election in 1906. In 1920 he took part as a substitute ( Alternate Delegate ) at the Republican National Convention in Chicago ( Illinois ) and in 1924 as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland ( Ohio ).

He was President of the Plattsburgh National Bank and Trust Company.

literature

• John F. O'Brien , The New York Times, September 25, 1902
• Edgar L. Murlin: The New York Red Book , JB Lyon Company, 1902, p. 150
• John F. O'Brien Dead, The New York Times, April 24, 1927